"He's not answering" I told Scott as we ran through the woods, I heard him groan as we kept running "So what did you see?"
"I think I saw Malia, she was a coyote"
"Great" I sighed "First werewolves, then Kanimas, Banshees and now werecoyotes, what's next, vamp-" I was cut off as we ran into someone and all three of us were screaming, I looked and saw Stiles standing there "Damnit Stiles!" I exclaimed "I thought I told you to stay put"
"I think I found something" Stiles said
"So did we" Scott informed him as Stiles motioned forward and we followed him walking back through the woods, going to see whatever it was that Stiles had found, it didn't take long for us to come to a large rock formation, Stiles brought us around to an opening into a small den
"It's a coyote den" Stiles told us
"Werecoyote" Scott mumbled, Stiles walked farther into the den and picked up a small blue jacket
"You see this, this is Malia's remember it's the same one she was wearing in the photo"
"We shouldn't be in here" I said looking around
"What do you mean?" Stiles asked
"She's not going to come back now, we just invaded her home, our scent's going to be everywhere"
"If she's not going to come back here, where's she going to go?"
"I don't know"
"Can you two track her now, you think you got her scent?"
"Maybe" Scott said "But I'm better at this when I'm a full wolf and I'm still worried that if I do it, I won't be able to turn back" Stiles sighed
"The door's still open"
"If I can't get to Derek, we're gonna have to find someone else to help" I said flinching even as I said his name "This is basically a crime scene, right I think it might be a little out of our boss's league" I added, looking at Stiles
"And more in my dad's"
An hour later Scott, Stiles and I watched as the Sheriff and the other police officers of Beacon Hills, surveyed the crime scene, I couldn't help but feel wrong about giving them the idea, we were invading someone's home and with Malia being a coyote, the animal instinct would tell her not to come back, I watched as the Sheriff walked out of the den and holding a blanket in his hand and he made a beeline for us
"You're sure it was her?" he asked, in a whisper
"I looked her right in the eyes" Scott said "And they glowed just like me and Skye"
"It makes sense, Dad" Stiles said
"But it wasn't a girl, it was a four-legged coyote, right?" the Sheriff asked
"Well, okay but yeah see that's the point that we don't exactly have figured out yet"
"Okay but if it was a full moon and she did change while her mom was driving, then anything could've happened" I said
"Horrible things could've happened, ripping, shredding, tearing things" Stiles added
"Which is probably what caused the accident?"
"Think about it, Dad all right they're driving, Malia starts to change, she goes out of control, the mom crashes and everybody dies"
"Except for Malia" Scott added
"She blames herself, all right goes off running into the woods and eventually becomes trapped inside the body of a coyote"
"That makes sense" the Sheriff paused "In a Chinese folktale boys, this is this is insane, I need this kept quiet, the three of you not a word I don't want anyone hearing about this especially don't want Mr Tate hearing about this"
"Yes sir" I said and turned to see Scott staring off in the distance, his heart rate began to rise and get faster "Scott, Scotty hey" I hit his shoulder
"Sorry" Scott said a confused look on his face "What did you say?"
"Oh, hell" the Sheriff mumbled, we turned seeing Mr Tate get out of a car with our dad and they walked over to us "Mr Tate" the Sheriff said, addressing him, Mr Tate took the blanket from the Sheriff and held it tight in his hands
"Mr Tate?" Agent McCall asked
"It's hers" Mr Tate muttered
"All right, wait here" Agent McCall said
"Dad" I said, stopping him
"I'll talk to you two in a minute, I wouldn't mind hearing how your mother's okay with you two running around the woods this late at night" I sighed as Dad walked away from us with the Sherriff
"Here's where we found the den" Stiles told Allison, showing her the map of the trails at school the next day "It's right in the middle of the hiking trails"
"Well, that could narrow it down" Allison said "Coyotes travel in fixed trails but I think Skye's right about her not going back to the den, Coyotes don't like wolves and they're really smart if they don't want to be heard, they actually walk on their toes"
"Coyotes tip-toe?" Stiles asked
"They tip-toe" the bell rang and Allison looked up "I got to go but send me the pinned location"
"Okay" I said as Allison walked away then sat down and pulled out my notebook, a pencil and my phone checking the messages but there still was nothing from Derek and I was only getting more worried about him especially after the last couple of nights I kept having dreams of him and Peter chained to a metal fence and being tortured, I knew he needed space but this was starting to get ridiculous, I looked up and saw Scott was talking to Kira so I brushed my hair behind my ear and listened in catching the last part
"…About the Bardo, my explanation was kind of all over the place, so I did some research and printed it out for you" I watched as Scott nervously rubbed his neck as she looked in her bag
"Ah you didn't have to do that"
"It only took a couple of hours" I tried not to snigger, I think she likes my brother
"Wow you really didn't have to do that"
"I swear I printed it out"
"Kira, you forgot all the research you did for that boy you like" I put my hand over my mouth at Scott's expression as Kira turned from her dad back to Scott as she handed him the stack of papers "All right, everyone let's get started" Mr Yukimura said, catching my attention from my brother and his new friend "We were just talking about internment camps and prisoners of war, there's a passage in our reading that I'd like to go over in more detail, who would like to come up and read aloud for us?" he looked around the room "Mr Stilinski, how about you?" I looked up as he called Stiles' name and concentrated on him and felt the worry and fear rise in him
"Oh, maybe someone else could" Stiles replied
"Everyone participates in my class, Mr Stilinski" Stiles groaned
"Okay" Stiles slowly got up and went to the front of the class, taking his place at the podium and I watched as he hesitated and began to grip the podium, the panic rising in him
"Stiles?" I asked and stood up, I saw Scott getting up beside me "You okay?" Stiles began to breathe heavy, we went up to him "We should take him to the nurse's office" Mr Yukimura nodded and we led Stiles out of the room and into the bathroom
"Stiles look at me man is this a panic attack?" Scott exclaimed as Stiles ran over to the sink, clutching onto it
"It's a dream, it's a dream this is just a dream" Stiles said
"No, it's not" I said "This is real, you're here, you're here with us" I paused as I could feel his panic level rising "Okay what do you do, I mean like how do you tell if you're awake or dreaming?" I couldn't calm him I was too panicked myself, Stiles paused as he tried to find the words "Come on Stiles breathe"
"Your fingers, you count your fingers you have extra fingers in dreams" Scott held up his hands
"How many do I have, hey look at me, come on Stiles look at my hands and count with me" he held up one finger
"One" Stiles counted, Scott held up another "Two"
"Keep going" I said because it was working
"Three….Four"
"Five" Scott said, counting with him as he held up fingers
"Six…..Seven"
"Eight"
"Nine….Ten"
"Ten" I exclaimed "Ten" I felt relief wash over him, as Stiles returned to normal and fell to the ground, we sat with him
"What the hell is happening to me?" Stiles asked
"We'll figure it out" I said touching his shoulder "You're going to be okay"
"Am I, are you?" he looked at Scott "Scott you can't transform, Allison's being haunted by her dead Aunt and I'm straight up losing my mind, we can't do this, we can't we can't help Malia, we can't help anyone"
"We can try" Scott said "We can always try" the bell rang not seconds later, I turned to Stiles and then my brother
"We don't have to go anywhere yet, if you're not up for it" Stiles nodded but suddenly I heard a growl, I turned to Scott "Did you hear that?" Scott quickly got up and left the bathroom
"What did you hear?" Stiles asked
"I think I heard Malia" Stiles and I got up and once I made sure he was okay, I followed Scott's scent to the locker room "She went after Kira?" I asked Scott as we walked down the hall, Scott had followed the sound into the locker room, where he found Malia going after Kira "Why would she go after her?"
"I don't know but when I found her, she was scared and Malia was pissed"
"I wonder why she would even come to school I always thought wild animals stayed away from humans"
"Maybe she got mad at us going to her den and was after us"
"Maybe" we stopped and noticed Stiles and the Sheriff standing down the other end of the hall talking
"I believe there are a lot of things I don't understand yet" I heard the Sheriff say as Scott and I listened in "But that doesn't mean that everything and anything imaginable is suddenly possible, now are you 100% sure that this is a girl and not an animal?"
"Yes, because Scott's sure and so is Skye" Stiles paused and turned, seeing us standing at the other end of the hall, he turned back to his dad so we couldn't see his lips "You guys been listening?" Scott and I both nodded, even though Stiles couldn't see us the Sheriff sighed
"All right, let's get this figured out, come on" he grabbed Stiles by the shoulder and lead him towards the locker room with Scott and I following, Police were all around, so was Kira talking to her father
"Dad, seriously, I'm okay" I heard Kira tell her father
"Why were you not headed to lunch like everyone else?" Mr Yukimura asked
"They left their bags I was just trying to do something nice, you do something nice and you make friends or so I've heard" I felt bad for the girl, she was really trying to fit in and being the new girl, along with your father as your teacher was not a good way to fit in, I also knew she had a crush on Scott, which that was also a cause for concern, I looked over at Scott
"Did you hear that?" I asked
"Yeah" he replied with a sigh we exchanged a glance before Stiles walked over to us, he had his backpack in hand
"I think I know what she was looking for" Stiles reached inside his bag and pulled out the doll we had found in the car wreckage
"You took the doll from the car?" I exclaimed "Why did you do that, that's a part of a crime scene"
"I thought you could use it, you know for like her scent"
"Where did you get that?" we looked up and saw Mr Tate standing in the doorway of the locker room, he was staring at the doll in Stiles' hands then he marched over to us and snatched it from him "Where did you find this, it belonged to my daughter" the Sheriff walked over and positioned himself between the distraught father and us
"Mr Tate, I don't know how you heard about this if you got your own police scanner or what….but you can't be here" the Sheriff tried to push him forward out of the room but paused, feeling something under his jacket then lifted away the jacket, revealing a gun holstered to Mr Tate's side
"I have a permit" Mr Tate said
"California schools are gun free zones, permit or no permit, you need to leave Mr Tate, now" he began pushing the man from the room but he got free, turning to the Sheriff in anger
"You find that animal, you find that thing" he exclaimed before leaving the room, if only he knew what he was saying, I turned to my brother
"We need help" I said before looking away
"Xylazine" Deaton said, walking into the examination room, after school Scott, Stiles, Isaac and I met up at the clinic to get Deaton's help, the vet sat down three vials on the table "It's a tranquilizer for horses, for a werecoyote expect it to work within seconds I only have three, so whoever's shooting needs to be a damn good shot?"
"Allison's a perfect shot" Scott informed him
"She used to be" Isaac said, his arms crossed in front of him, I turned giving him a glare
"She can do it" I said
"If we manage to find the thing" Isaac replied and I rolled my eyes
"Okay, what is the point of him?" Stiles exclaimed, pointing to Isaac "Seriously, I mean what is his purpose, aside from the persistent negativity and the scarf, what's up with the scarf anyway it's 65 degrees out"
"Look, maybe I'm asking a question no one here wants to ask, how do we turn a coyote back into a girl when she hasn't been a girl for eight years?"
"I can do it" Scott said, hesitation clear in his voice
"You can?" Stiles and I both asked
"You remember the night that Peter trapped us in the school, in the gym he was able to make me turn using just his voice Deucalion did the same thing in the distillery"
"This is a werecoyote, Scott" Deaton said "Who knows if it'll even work if you can find someone who can teach you?"
"That's why you wanted me to call Derek, first" I said flinching as I said his name, Scott sighed and I don't know whether it was because of the situation or because he's noticing that I flinch at the sound of his name
"Yeah, I could try it on my own but right now, I'm too scared to even change into just a werewolf"
"We need a real Alpha" Stiles said, Scott looked over at him with a glare "You know what I mean an Alpha who can do Alpha things you know, an Alpha who can get it going you know, get it…"
"Up?" Isaac offered and I couldn't help laugh
"Great" Scott muttered "I'm an Alpha with performance issues" I laughed again but stopped trying to sober up as Scott glared at me
"Oh come one Scott that's funny" he just continued to glare at me so I stopped
"Is there anyone else besides Derek who could help?" Deaton asked and I flinched at his name again, I really needed to stop doing that, Deaton looked to me as did Scott and Stiles
"I guess I could do it but I've never done it either" I replied
"I wouldn't trust Peter" Isaac cut in
"Maybe the twins?" Stiles offered
"They're not Alphas anymore" Deaton informed us "After what Jennifer did, almost killing them, it broke that part of them"
"Yeah but what if they know how to do it?"
"Nobody's seen them for weeks" Scott said
"Actually, that's not totally true" I said and they looked at me, I sighed because Lydia was gonna kill me for this
"I can't believe you told them" Lydia whispered to me as we made our way up to Derek's old loft behind Scott and Stiles, I didn't want to come here since I hadn't been back here since Derek left
"I'm sorry!" I said "I couldn't get a hold of Derek and this is our only chance to get help" I flinched at the mention of him and Lydia looked at me
"Speaking of the devil, have you heard from him at all…..you know, since he left"
"A couple of texts and one vague voicemail 'Hey Skye…I won't be coming back as soon as I thought…I'll call you when I figure things out' and that's all I've gotten in almost a month, I'm starting to worry"
"Well you don't need him"
"Well, technically I do considering were mates and being apart feels like my heart is missing"
"God, Skye you know nothing about boys, you need to find a distraction" I sighed and rolled my eyes at her as we made it up to Derek'loft, Stiles slid open the door, it was empty except for Derek's old furniture "They said they'd meet us here" Lydia said to the nothingness as we walked further into the loft
Then we heard grunts from behind us and we all turned, seeing the twins hitting Scott, forcing him to the ground, Stiles held us back, as I helplessly watched the twins hurt my brother
"Stop it" I heard myself say as they continued to hurt him, I could feel every punch they threw and it didn't feel too good
"I thought you guys were gonna teach me to roar" Scott groaned from his place on the ground
"We are" Ethan said "You do it by giving in"
"Giving in and letting go" Aiden added "That's how Deucalion taught us control" he bent down, picking Scott up by his shirt
"Hey, you know that's funny" Stiles said "I've actually tried something like this one time using a heart monitor and lacrosse balls but you're right, beating the living crap out of him is probably a lot better" he added with his usual level of sarcasm
"That's actually the plan?" Scott asked "You kick my ass?"
"You're afraid to turn" Aiden exclaimed
"We're gonna make you" Ethan informed him
"You turn, then you kick our asses" Aiden added
"And then you roar" Ethan turned to Scott, roaring with his fangs out and eyes turning a piercing blue like Derek's which made me look away as I felt my heart skip a beat
"You don't think you can let go with us?" Aiden asked, as Ethan returned back to normal, the twins began throwing Scott in-between them
"You think you're going to hurt us?" Ethan asked "Come on, McCall, give it your all"
"We can always heal" Scott went for a punch but Aiden blocked it, hitting him instead "You're an Alpha" Aiden said "You want to roar like one, you've got to give in full throttle, you've got to be the monster become the beast, become everything you're afraid of"
"That's what gives you power, it gives you strength" Ethan told him and Scott went for another punch but they deflected it, sending him back down to the ground
"Giving into it doesn't make you the bad guy" Aiden said
"So long as you can control it" Ethan added
"Sometimes control's a little overrated" Aiden kicked Scott right in the stomach
"Come on, Scott fight back" I whispered, begging for my brother to do something
"What if I can't control it?" Scott asked "What if I can't turn back?"
"Then it takes over" Ethan said "You become Malia, you get further and further away from being human, you turn into an animal or worse-"
"You turn into Peter" Aiden finished for him, Scott scowled at the comment and got up and he yelled running towards them but Aiden grabbed him, picking him up and throwing him on the table then began to punch Scott repeatedly, I grew angry and transformed letting out a roar which brought Ethan and Aiden to their knees
"That's enough" I growled going over to Scott who was still laying on the table staring up at the ceiling dazed and looking like he was about to pass out "Come on Scott" I whispered "Get up" Scott didn't respond "Get up, get up, get up!" I exclaimed yelling at him, Scott gasped looking me in the eyes, his glowing bright red
That night I knocked on the door frame of Scotty's room, it was late and he was lying in bed tossing a lacrosse ball in the air
"You okay?" I asked, Scott sighed and put down the ball, sitting up in bed
"Today was bad, wasn't it?"
"You getting your ass handed to you, yeah that was bad but it'll be okay, I know you can do it you just need to get over your fear of not turning and you know I'll be there to help you"
"Do you think we are doing the right thing?"
"We're keeping a father from killing his daughter and we're going to be turning a girl back to normal, I think that's the right thing"
"Yeah, you're right"
"Well, hey get some rest, we have a long day tomorrow" I walked out and back to my own room and laid down in bed pulling out the shirt that I keep under my pillow, it was Derek's I brought it to my nose and breathed in, his scent was fading away from the shirt but it was still there and it made me break down, I wish he would get back to me, I just laid there with the shirt in my hands near my face until eventually sleep finally came but it was anything but peaceful
The next day Scott and I met up with Stiles, Isaac, Allison and Lydia the woods because we needed all the help we could get if they were going to get Malia back to normal
"Anyone else think we might be doing more harm than good?" Lydia asked, getting out of the car
"We're trying to keep a father from killing his own daughter" Scott said, turning to me, I smiled remembering our conversation from the night before
"Actually, we're trying to keep a guy from killing a coyote who is actually his daughter who we don't know how to change from a coyote back to his daughter" Isaac detailed
"And again with the not helping" Stiles said with a scoff, I rolled my eyes then turned to Allison
"Did you bring it?" Allison nodded and reached inside her trunk, pulling out a rifle "Good, now all we need is-" I was cut off by the sound of a gunshot and Scott and I both looked at each other before hoping onto the back on Scott's motorcycle taking off into the woods, I could hear Isaac and Allison trying to catch up with us but Scott was going too fast for them to do so
We sped through the woods the trees going by fast, I could feel my heart beat racing with adrenaline not just from myself but from the others as well and was about to tell Scott to slow down, when a sudden sharp and painful stab seemed to crush my foot, I let out a scream causing Scott to jump and lose control of the motorcycle, sending us to the ground
As soon as I landed, I ripped off my helmet and grabbed onto my ankle it felt like something was crushing it but nothing was there, that's when I heard Isaac's screaming in the distance, Scott threw off his helmet, running over to me
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Isaac is hurt, I can feel his pain…and ah god, it's hurt so bad, I don't think I can get up" another shot sounded as I said this, Scott looked up and around before his eyes fell back on me "Go!" I said knowing he sought my permission, Scott nodded and kissed my head before running off towards the shot
I stayed sitting, trying to focus on something else so I could get Isaac's pain out of my head but the sound of buzzing stopped me, I groaned reaching into my pocket pulling out my phone
"What is it Stiles?" I said through clenched teeth
"Skyler" Stiles exclaimed over the phone
"Stiles, this is not the best time" I said, trying to find the strength to stand up
"No listen I know where she is going, it wasn't Malia's doll it was her sister's, Malia left it at the car for her sister, it's like bringing flowers to a grave and we stole the flowers, so that's all she's trying to do, right bring the doll back to the grave to the car wreck that's where she's headed, the car wreck" I looked up in the direction Scott ran then hung up the phone and gathered as much strength as I could to get up, Isaac was in a lot of pain and it was not helping me out
I began running, well more like limping my way through the woods trying to go as fast as my dead foot could take me, I followed Malia's scent and Scott's beating heart through the woods and found that the farther I got from Isaac, the less pain I felt but it still didn't help that our pack bond still made us so close
I kept going despite my struggle, I couldn't be too far from the crash site and was hoping that was where Malia was leading Scott to, I was just about to reach it when a roar filled my ears I dropped to my knees and the pain in my foot vanished as I felt a boost and took off towards the crash, I rounded the corner and found myself at the site and was shocked at what I saw, I not only saw my brother in wolf form but also found a naked girl sitting in-between us, it was Malia
A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update but I've been really sick and hadn't been able to write so I hope you've all stuck it out with me and still like this story and please keep reviewing, I'll try and update quicker again